An LBC native, Mike Guardabascio has been covering Long Beach sports professionally for 13 years, with his work published in dozens of Southern California magazines and newspapers. He's won numerous awards for his writing as well as the CIF Southern Section’s Champion For Character Award, and is the author of three books about Long Beach history.
The offseason can be monotonous for high school football programs, with the same lifting/film/practice schedule day after day, week after week, with no games to break things up. Last weekend at Long Beach Poly, the Jackrabbits got a chance to do something new and out of the ordinary as the Los Angeles Chargers and Nike […]
After a forgettable first half on Friday at Walter Pyramid, Long Beach State junior Michael Carter III took over and scored 23 second-half points in a 64-60 win over visiting Cal Poly. “Today was our best defensive effort of the year, and our worst offensive performance of the year,” Monson said. “But thankfully (Carter III) […]
NUMBER NINE Long Beach Poly came up 10 points short of the program’s 21st CIF-SS championship in a 78-69 defeat at Village Christian in the Division 2AA final, but it was still a memorable season for the state’s all-time wins leader. The Jackrabbits’ thrilling 50-45 win over Foothill on the road–behind 25 points from senior […]